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Supporting the Summer Learning Strategy to Boost Student Achievement (12/15)
California's Challenge: Adequately Funding Education in the 21st Century (11/15)
District Funding School Crossing Guards, CSBA Fact Sheet (9/15)
Math Misplacement (09/15)
Climate for Achievement, Issue 4 (7/15)
Climate for Achievement - Issue 3 (6/15)
Why Civic Learning is Critical (5/15)
Drinking Water Access in Schools - Fact Sheet (4/15)
Climate for Achievement - Issue 2 (4/15)
Recent legislation on discipline: AB 420 - Fact Sheet (3/15)
Creating hunger-free schools through the Community Eligibility Provision - Fact Sheet (3/15)
Measles (and other infectious diseases) (3/15)
Climate for Achievement - Issue 1 (3/15)
Improving Student Achievement Through Teacher Collaboration (11/14)
Attendance Awareness Month - Fact Sheet (9/14)
English Learners in Focus, Issue 2 — The Promise of Two-Way Immersion Programs (9/14)
Governing to Achieve: A Synthesis of Research on School Governance (8/14)
Promoting Healthy Relationships for Adolescents: Board Policy Considerations (8/14)
Starting a Breakfast After the Bell Program (8/14)
CSBA memo on LCFF and LCAP regulations (7/28/14)
Coalition comments on LCAP template (7/28/14)
Governing to the Core: Pathway Options for High School Mathematics (5/14)
Special Education Pupil Transportation: Considerations in the Era of LCFF (4/14)
Recent Legislation on Cyberbullying: AB 256 - Fact Sheet (4/14)
The Case for Reducing Out-of-School Suspensions and Expulsions, Fact Sheet (4/14)
Building the Resiliency of At-Risk Students (4/14)
Understanding Teacher Burnout and Its Negative Effects (4/14)
Common Core Testing: The Smarter Balanced Assessment - Fact Sheet (3/14)
Blended Learning: Key Considerations for Implementing a Blended Learning Program (1/14)
This Just In: SBE Update (video) (7/14)
CA FWD: Californians seek transparency in local school funding (video) (7/14)
CSBA talking points on LCFF for July 10 SBE meeting (7/14)
Sample letter to the State Board of Education concerning Agenda Item 11 of July meeting (7/14)
CSBA comments on LCFF regulations and proposed template, July State Board of Education (7/14)
SBE meeting agenda for July 10, 2014
Defining Governance - Issue 5, Engaging the Community (7/14)
Defining Governance - Issue 4, Governance Decisions (6/14)
A Governance Perspective: Interviews with School Board Members from the Nine Linked Learning Initiative School Districts (6/14)
Brown v. Board of Education: The 60th Anniversary of the Landmark Supreme Court Case (5/14)
Turning Around a High Poverty District: Learning from Sanger- Fact Sheet (4/14)
Special Education Pupil Transportation: Considerations in the Era of LCFF (4/14)
Recent Legislation on Cyberbullying: AB 256 - Fact Sheet (4/14)
The Case for Reducing Out-of-School Suspensions and Expulsions, Fact Sheet (4/14)
Building the Resiliency of At-Risk Students (4/14)
Defining Governance - Issue 3, Governance Practices (4/14)
Legal guidance on AB 1266 - Transgender Students (3/14)
Physical Education: A Slow Start to Promising Educational Boost, Fact Sheet (3/14)
Defining Governance - Issue 2, Governing Commitments (2/14)
CSBA summary of LCFF agenda item at January SBE meeting (1/14)
The Linked Learning Approach to High School Reform (1/14)
Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (12/13)
Defining Governance - Issue 1, Why Governance Matters (10/13)
Joint letter to State Board of Education with LCFF recommendations (CSBA, ACSA, CCSEA, CASBO (10/13)
California School Shootings: The Brutal Facts - Fact Sheet (7/13)
Foster Youth: New Study describes demographic and achievement characteristics of California's foster youth - Fact Sheet (12/13)
Addressing the Conditions of Children - Focus on Bullying (12/12)
March 15 Notices - Policy Advisory (3/12)